1 Kings 6:32

32 The two^[a] doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

1 Kings 6:32 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:32

The two doors also [were of] olive tree
The two leaves of the door, as before observed, repeated for the sake of the ornament of them, as follows:

and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims, and palm trees, and open
flowers;
as upon the walls, ( 1 Kings 6:29 ) ;

and overlaid [them] with gold;
the two doors:

and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees;
thin plates of gold.

1 Kings 6:32 In-Context

30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.

34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

Footnotes

• [a]. two...: or, leaves of the doors